Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education,9780897897037

Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education

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ISBN13: 9780897897037
ISBN10: 089789703X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-04-30
Publisher(s): Praeger Pub Text
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Summary

Dunn and Griggs challenge the traditional instructional process of lecture/discussion in college teaching and describe the theory, practice, and research that support a wider variety of approaches to better accommodate the learning-style preferences of each student. Twenty-five practitioners from varied backgrounds and disciplines, representing 14 colleges and universities, outline alternative strategies they use with diverse students in their instructions of higher education. Some of these practitioners have been using learning-style approaches for decades. Others have conducted research to test the various tenets of the Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model, and a few, only for the past five years, have begun providing instructional strategies that are congruent with their students' preferences.

Author Biography

RITA DUNN is Professor of Instructional Leadership and Director of the Center for the Study of Learning and Teaching Styles at St. John's University.SHIRLEY A. GRIGGS is Professor of Counselor Education at St. John's University and is co-author of Multiculturalism and Learning Style (with Rita Dunn) (Praeger, 1998).

Table of Contents

Preface ix
I. Introduction to Learning Styles in Higher Education 1(32)
Capitalizing on College Students' Learning Styles: Theory, Practice, and Research
3(16)
Rita Dunn
Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education: The How-to Steps
19(14)
Rita Dunn
Shirley A. Griggs
II. Applications in Education 33(110)
Learning Styles in Graduate Education Classes: The River of No Return
35(7)
Sue Ellen Read
Educating Secondary Teachers to Work with Students' Diverse Styles
42(12)
Nancy Montgomery
One Texas University's Approach to Integrating Learning Styles in Teacher Education: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk
54(14)
Janet Whitley
Pam Littleton
Hannibal ``Lecture'' Changes His Oral Menu
68(7)
Kenneth J. Dunn
Distance Education: Reaching Beyond the Walls
75(5)
Jody Taylor
Learning Styles in a Suburban College
80(5)
Bernadyn Kim Suh
A Paradigm Shift: Learning-Styles Implementation and Preservice Teachers
85(10)
Karen Burke
Learning Styles and College Teaching: My Experiences with Education Majors
95(5)
Ann C. Braio
Tactual Learning at the Doctoral Level: A Risk Worth Taking
100(9)
Barbara K. Given
Edward P. Tyler
Nora Hall
William Johnson
Margaret Wood
Divergent Styles, Common Goals: Implications for Counselors
109(8)
Shirley A. Griggs
Teacher Training in Progress: Giving It Our Best Shot
117(7)
Katy Lux
Project Learn: A University-Initiated Consortium of Science Educators and Practitioners
124(11)
Barbara S. Thomson
Teaching Graduate Students with a Learning-Styles Approach: Adding Zest to the Course Ingredients
135(8)
Laura Shea Doolan
III. Applications in Health-Related Professions 143(10)
Incorporating Learning Styles into the Curricula of Two Programs in a College of Health-Related Professions
145(8)
Joyce A. Miller
Rose F. Lefkowitz
IV. Applications in Schools of Law, Engineering, and Liberal Arts 153(28)
Bringing Learning-Style Instructional Strategies to Law Schools: You Be the Judge!
155(11)
Robin A. Boyle
Meeting the Academic Challenges of an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum
166(8)
Joanne Ingham
The Writing Portfolio as a Learning-Styles Tool in a College English-as-a-Second-Language Course
174(7)
Herbert D. Pierson
V. Applications in Colleges of Business 181(66)
Contract Activity Packages in Higher Education: The Flexible Flyer of Pedagogy
183(10)
Heather Pfleger Dunham
Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite
How I Found Pedagogical Nirvana: Beware of the Law of Unintended Consequences!
193(8)
E. L. Deckinger
Global Teaching in an Analytic Environment: Is There Madness in the Method?
201(46)
Ralph A. Terregrossa
Valerie Englander
Epilogue
211(2)
Appendices
A. Award-Winning Learning-Styles Research
213(3)
B. Hemispheric Preference Scale (Zenhausern, 1988)
216(2)
C. Hemispheric Preference Scale: Scoring Instructions
218(2)
D. Example of an Analytic-Format Syllabus
220(11)
E. Example of a Global-Format Syllabus
231(4)
F. Law School Quiz
235(2)
G. Law School Quiz Answers
237(2)
H. Alternative Instructional Methods Responsive to Diverse Learning-Style Characteristics
239(1)
I. Research Concerned with College Students' Learning Styles
240(7)
References 247(14)
Index 261(4)
About the Editors and Contributors 265

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